by Deborah Rodríguez · SUMA DE LETRAS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483650615
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«Escuela de belleza de Kabul» is the memoir by Deborah Rodríguez, published by Suma de Letras in paperback (356 pages, in Spanish).
After the fall of the Taliban regime, Deborah Rodríguez travels to Afghanistan as a volunteer. Her work as a hairdresser gives rise to a beauty school in Kabul, where women learn to style hair and apply makeup, share their stories, and regain self-esteem. A true account, with humor and sensitivity, about life in a postwar country.
Originally published in 2007 as «Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil»; the Spanish translation is by Isabel Murillo Fort.
Will appeal to those who enjoy real memoirs, travel narratives, and testimonies about the lives of women in Afghanistan.
Deborah "Debbie" Rodriguez is an American writer, hairdresser, and humanitarian. She is noted for creating safe spaces that provide women with a way out of domestic violence and chaotic circumstances.
